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Charles Laughton

Acting

Born June 30, 1899 · Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Died December 15, 1962

Also known as Чарльз Лотон · 찰스 로턴 · 찰스 로튼

Biography

Charles Laughton was an English actor and director. Over his career he received an Academy Award and a Grammy Award as well as nominations for two BAFTAs and a Golden Globe. He earned a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

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Awards & recognition

  • Grammy AwardBest Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording · 1962
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1934
  • David di DonatelloBest Foreign Actor
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1958 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1936 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · nominated

Filmography40 titles

Witness for the Prosecution

1957as Sir Wilfrid

The Night of the Hunter

1955Director, Screenplay

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

2014as Dr. Moreau (archive footage)

Spartacus

1960as Sempronius Gracchus

Forever and a Day

1943as Bellamy

Hobson's Choice

1954as Henry Horatio Hobson

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935as Captaine Bligh

The Big Clock

1948as Earl Janoth

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939as The Hunchback Quasimodo

St. Martin's Lane

1938as Charles Staggers

This Land Is Mine

1943as Albert Lory

It Started with Eve

1941as Jonathan Reynolds

Stand by for Action

1942as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935as Marmaduke Ruggles

Les Misérables

1935as Inspector Emile Javert

What's My Line?

1950as Self - Mystery Guest

O. Henry's Full House

1952as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

The Canterville Ghost

1944as Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost

Vessel of Wrath

1938as Ginger Ted

Island of Lost Souls

1932as Dr. Moreau

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Rembrandt

1936as Rembrandt van Rijn

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

2014as Self (archive footage)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)

The Old Dark House

1932as Sir William Porterhouse

If I Had a Million

1932as Phineas V. Lambert

Piccadilly

1929as A Continental Visitor

The Private Life of Henry VIII

1933as Henry VIII

The Sign of the Cross

1932as Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar

The Paradine Case

1947as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield

Captain Kidd

1945as Captain Kidd

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1934as Edward Moulton-Barrett

Jamaica Inn

1939as Sir Humphrey Pengallan

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

1952as Capt. William Kidd

Salome

1953as King Herod

Young Bess

1953as King Henry VIII

Under Ten Flags

1960as Admiral Russell

On Our Merry Way

1948as Reverend

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

1949as Inspector Jules Maigret